diff --git a/align_data/finetuning/finetune_model.py b/align_data/finetuning/finetune_model.py
index 9e1e601c..aa761778 100644
--- a/align_data/finetuning/finetune_model.py
+++ b/align_data/finetuning/finetune_model.py
@@ -63,3 +63,67 @@ def train(model, dataloader, optimizer, criterion, device):
         total_loss += loss.item()
 
     return total_loss / len(dataloader)
+
+
+def validate(model, dataloader, criterion, device):
+    model.eval()
+    total_loss = 0.0
+
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        for batch_idx, (text1_embedding, text2_embedding, target) in enumerate(dataloader):
+            target = target.float().to(device)
+            
+            output1 = model(text1_embedding)
+            output2 = model(text2_embedding)
+
+            loss = criterion(output1, output2, target)
+            total_loss += loss.item()
+
+    return total_loss / len(dataloader)
+
+
+def finetune_embeddings():
+    # Hyperparameters & Configuration
+    EMBEDDING_DIM = 1536
+    HIDDEN_DIM = 512
+    EPOCHS = 10
+    LEARNING_RATE = 0.001
+    MARGIN = 2.0
+    DEVICE = torch.device('cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu')
+
+    dataset = FinetuningDataset()
+    dataloader = DataLoader(dataset, batch_size=32, num_workers=4)  # Increase num_workers
+
+    model = FineTuneModel(EMBEDDING_DIM, HIDDEN_DIM).to(DEVICE)
+    optimizer = optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=LEARNING_RATE)
+    scheduler = ReduceLROnPlateau(optimizer, 'min', patience=2, factor=0.5, verbose=True)
+    criterion = ContrastiveLoss(MARGIN)
+
+    # Assuming you've split your data and have a separate validation set
+    validation_dataset = FinetuningDataset()
+    validation_dataloader = DataLoader(validation_dataset, batch_size=32, num_workers=4)
+    best_val_loss = float('inf')
+    
+    epochs_without_improvement = 0
+    max_epochs_without_improvement = 5  # stop after 5 epochs without improvement
+    
+    for epoch in range(EPOCHS):
+        train_loss = train(model, dataloader, optimizer, criterion, DEVICE)
+        validate_loss = validate(model, validation_dataloader, criterion, DEVICE)
+        
+        scheduler.step(validate_loss)
+        if validate_loss < best_val_loss:
+            best_val_loss = validate_loss
+            torch.save(model.state_dict(), 'best_finetuned_model.pth')
+            epochs_without_improvement = 0
+        else:
+            epochs_without_improvement += 1
+
+        print(f'Epoch: {epoch+1}/{EPOCHS} | Train Loss: {train_loss:.4f} | Validation Loss: {validate_loss:.4f}')
+
+        if epochs_without_improvement >= max_epochs_without_improvement:
+            print("Early stopping due to no improvement in validation loss.")
+            break
+    
+    # Save model
+    torch.save(model.state_dict(), 'finetuned_model.pth')